IoE Number:439972Location:DOVECOTE IN CHURCHYARD, ABOUT 15 METRES SOUTH WEST OF CHURCH, CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, CHURCH LANE NORTON SUB HAMDON, SOUTH SOMERSET, SOMERSETPhotographer:Mr John Chester Date Photographed:02 July 2004Date listed:19 April 1961Date of last amendment:27 October 1987GradeII*

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ST4715NORTON SUB HAMDON CPCHURCH LANE (End)9/192Dovecote in churchyard, about 15metres south-west of church,Church of St. Mary the Virgin(formerly listed as Dovecote

ST4715 NORTON SUB HAMDON CP CHURCH LANE (End)
9/192 Dovecote in churchyard, about 15
metres south-west of church,
Church of St. Mary the Virgin
(formerly listed as Dovecote
immediately S.W. of Church)
19.4.61
GV II*
Dovecote, possibly part of the former manor house estate. C17 or possibly earlier. Ham stone coursed rubble; stone
slated conoid roof, crowned by small glover formed by circular flat slab standing on 4 slender turned stone balusters,
with ball finial. Circular on plan, with 4 buttresses having offsets; low plain doorway in north side, and small dormer
window with stone slate roof and checks to southwest. Interior not seen, but said to contain about 400 nesting-boxes.
(Leaflet in church, upublished, undated).